On Friday, February 14, 2020, St. Augustine will commemorate the 501st birthday of its founder, Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, with a wreath-laying ceremony at the base of his statue in front of City Hall. The brief ceremony, which will begin at 10:00 a.m., is free and open to the public.

The ceremony will include a processional in front ot the statue by a group of reenactors from Historic Florida Militia.

The City of St. Augustine designated the area in front of City Hall as Parque de Menéndez in honor of the city founder on an earlier birthday celebration, on February 15, 1978. The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Spain to the United States. The statue of Pedro Menéndez, a replica of the one in the city of Avilés, was given by "the People of Avilés, Spain to the People of St. Augustine, Florida.”